Poalei Agudat Yisrael

Poalei Agudat Yisrael was a conservative political party in Israel that was active from 1922 to 1981. The party was founded as a workers' affiliate of Agudat Yisrael in Lodz, Poland, and it served as both a labor union and a Haredi political party in Interwar Poland. After Israeli independence, the party became a member of the Histadrut. In 1949, the party won 16 seats in the Knesset, and it joined David Ben-Gurion's coalition government as a member of the United Religious Front. In 1955, Poalei Agudat Yisrael and Agudat Yisrael united to form the Religious Torah Front, but this faction split in 1977. In 1981, the party failed to meet the electoral threshold.